Belarusians in space

On April 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin became the first person on Earth, who made an orbital flight around our planet. Thus, the Day of Astronautics has been celebrated since 1962. Belarusians also flew into space.

• Pyotr Klimuk (the first Belarusian in space)
• Uladzimir Kavalyonak (spent 216 days in space)
• Valyantsina Tserashkova (the first woman in space)
• Valyantsin Danilovich (the first person in the world to have been in a state of weightlessness)
• Aleg Navitsky (posted on his Instagram at the ISS)

Semen Kosberg, a native of Slutsk, also helpd humanity to conquer space. He developed the fuel, which made it possible to develop a second space velocity. There was also Barys Kit, who worked on the development of fuel for the American spacecraft “Apollo” and “Shuttle”.

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